Leviticus 17:10-12

Eating Blood and Carcasses Prohibited

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10} “Anyone from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who live among them who eats any blood,^(A) I will turn^(a) against that person who eats blood and cut him off from his people. ^{Tools
11} For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have appointed it to you to make atonement on the altar for^(b) your lives, since it is the lifeblood that makes atonement.^(B) ^{Tools
12} Therefore I say to the Israelites: None of you and no foreigner who lives among you may eat blood.

Footnotes:

a. Leviticus 17:10: Lit will set My face

b. Leviticus 17:11: Or to ransom

Cross references:

A. Leviticus 17:10: Genesis 9:4; Leviticus 3:17

B. Leviticus 17:11: Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:24; Romans 3:25; Romans 5:9; Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:14; Colossians 1:20; Hebrews 13:12; 1 John 1:7